Kuranda Sightings

My small boarding kennel is outdoors and this past summer Texas recorded record heat over 100 degrees for more than 30 days straight. I only had a misting system to help the dogs stay cool. Then I had a gread idea that worked great – I froze water in plastic milk jugs, placed them under the kuranda beds and the dogs quickly discovered the cool spot and spent a cool afternoon snoozing on their beds. Owners were impressed and felt better about leaving their dogs with me. Now I have an air conditioned building for those extra hot days, but will still use the ice beds for those who don’t like crates.

Jay - The Lockhart Pet Nanny

Jeanne & Marty Poe pose by their cat creation

We had a pleasant surprise while visiting the Cecil County SPCA the other day. Jeanne Deeming, the Director told us how Katie Poe, who runs the Cat room wanted to do something special. Her Father In Law, Marty Poe came up with a great idea that utilizes our Kuranda beds! He went to work and came up with some of the nicest Cat Beds we’ve ever seen!

Marty and his cat jungle gym

Zootoo.com is one of the best community pet sites around that we’ve seen. You can find pet care tips, pet services local to you, pet profiles and videos and much more. And it’s not just for dogs.

Check out Zootoo the pet community site.

We have also been fortunate to receive some excellent reviews on our dog beds there, you can read them on our Zootoo Kuranda Dog Beds Profile.

Kuranda is now on Facebook; join us there and share your comments and photos by visiting  Kuranda Dog Beds on Facebook or search “Kuranda Dog Beds” on Facebook.

The Humane Society of Redmond Oregon is going green! By eliminating traditional bedding, this Shelter can eliminate much of the energy used by our washer and dryer. Imagine doing laundry for 50 dogs!

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Photo: Courtesy of PAWS Chicago

Kuranda dog beds are part of the PAWS Chicago state of the art adoption center suites created in 2007.   Oprah’s Magazine “O” includes a tour of PAWS where she adopted Sadie, a Cocker Spaniel puppy.

http://www.oprah.com/slidepopup/omagazine/200906-omag-oprah-meets-sadie/8

OPRAH’S PUPPYMILL SHOW IS A MUST SEE

Many of the puppymill dogs rescued by Main Line Rescue in PA where included in the story, each with their own Kuranda dog bed sleeping in comfort for the first time in their lives.

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I finally broke down and ordered a raised outdoor dog bed for Mr. Mattie. It’s called a Kuranda bed – they use them a lot in kennels as they’re very durable and easy to clean. Of course, I had to order the XXL as the 85lb one just wasn’t going to cut it for a Great Dane!

One thing we learned on this past weekend’s camping trip was that Mattie doesn’t like to lay down in dirt. This way he can still be outside in the campsite with us, and have a place to sleep too!

(It must be a hormonal thing (low progesterone or estrogen or something), because it seems the older the girls get (and the less they need us), the more we’ve reverted to babying the dog!)